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Quote by Walter Bagehot
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. – Walter Bagehot

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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. – Walter Bagehot

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Exaggeration
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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. – Walter Bagehot

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Government
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Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty. – George Eliot

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I dont think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. Its perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man. – Toni Morrison

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Even as the cell is the unit of the organic body, so the family is the unit of society. – Ruth Nanda Anshen

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The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews. – Heinrich Heine

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At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War. – Dave Barry

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